Bali



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Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia and also the name of the largest islands that are part of the province.
Bali lies between Java and Lombok Island. Denpasar is the provincial capital located on the southern island. The majority of Balinese are Hindu. In the world, Bali is famous as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for Japanese and Australian tourists. Bali is also known as Thousand Island Island of the Gods and temples.
The island of Bali is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands along the 153 km and 112 km wide approximately 3.2 km from the island of Java
Mount Agung is the highest point in Bali as high as 3148 m. The volcano last erupted in March 1963. Mount Batur is also one of the mountain in Bali. About 30,000 years ago, Mount Batur erupted and produced a terrible disaster on earth. Unlike in the north, the southern part of Bali is irrigated lowland rivers.
Traditional Balinese music has in common with traditional music in many other areas in Indonesia, for example in the use of gamelan and various other percussion instruments. Nevertheless, there are peculiarities in the technique of playing and gubahannya, for example in the form of Kecak, a form that is nyany
ian who is said to imitate the sound of monkeys. Similarly, various gamelan is played also has uniqueness, for example jegog gamelan, gamelan gong big, gamelan xylophone, gamelan and gamelan Semar selunding Pegulingan. There is also music Angklung played for cremation ceremonies and Bebonangan music played in various other ceremonies.

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